Artist:  Martin Denny

Title:  Exotic Percussion

Date:  1961

Label:  Liberty Records   LRP 3168

Cover Design: Pate/Francis & Associates

Notes:  Drawing on a long list of, well, exotic percussion Martin and the boys build a bamboo wall of sound this time out. And their version of Misirlou is outstanding. The theme is to use instruments of the East to play contemporary music of the West and they seem to pull it off in fine fashion. Another fetching femme to add to your cover collection. Mmmm, I think I hear the ocean and a Mai Tai calling now....

Line Up

Martin Denny: piano, celeste
August Colon: bongos, congas, bird calls
Julius Wechter: vibes, marimba, percussion
Harvey Ragsdale: string bass, marimba
Frank Kim: percussion

Track Listing

Side 1

My Tane
Cumana
Softly, As in Morning Sunrise
Day Delight
Moonlight on the Ganges
Cherokee

Side 2

Misirlou
Anna
Song of the Bayou
Moonlight and Shadows
My Shawl
The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish